John Lennon's killer seeks freedom again

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Mark David Chapman is imprisoned for the December 8, 1980, slaying of John Lennon.

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Mark David Chapman was to be interviewed by parole board members

In 2010 hearing, he was denied parole

Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, has previously requested parole be denied

Chapman's attorney could not be immediately reached for comment

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's convicted killer, was making his seventh try at parole Wednesday.

Chapman's latest quest for freedom comes ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the death of the former Beatle, a British singer-songwriter who was gunned down outside his Manhattan apartment on December 8, 1980.

Chapman wasscheduled to be interviewed by two or three members of the parole board, according to Carole Claren-Weaver, a spokeswoman for the New York Department of Corrections. It was not known when the board will hand down its decision.